Internal integration is the harmonic component of spirituality in relation to the self. When a person is well-grounded in good values, and essentially free from the turmoil that arises from inner ... Read More about Living with Integrity and Character, in the Wholeness of Being
Week 43: Self-actualization and Integrity
Unifying
Unification is the process of bringing the elements of life and of self together into harmony. ... Read More about Unifying
Purifying
A pure hand needs no glove to cover it! [Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter, Chapter XII: "The Minister's Vigil" (1851).] Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which ... Read More about Purifying
Being Authentic
What does one person give to another? He gives of himself, the most precious he has. . . . he gives him of that which is alive in him; he gives him of his joy, of his interest, of his understanding, ... Read More about Being Authentic
Confronting, Being Introspective
Nobel prize-winning author Günter Grass admitted in 2006 that he had served in Hitler's Waffen SS when he was seventeen years old. His literary works and his memoirs primarily explore the theme of ... Read More about Confronting, Being Introspective
Being Mature
Self-actualization is essential to the development of maturity. In fact, seen spiritually, maturity is just another word for self-actualization: coming to one's full self. Still, in our culture, ... Read More about Being Mature
Being Self-actualized
A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be at peace with himself. What a man can be, he must be. [Abraham Maslow] Man's main task in life is to give birth to ... Read More about Being Self-actualized